英语释义

1. weakness, failing especially a moral weakness less serious than a vice
He loves her despite her many faults.

2. a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment defect
a theory with some serious faults

3. an error especially in service in a net or racket game
She committed too many faults to win the match.

4. responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
the accident was the driver's fault

5. mistake
The misplacement of "only" is one of the most common writing faults.

6. misdemeanor
a small boy's faults

7. a fracture in the crust of a planet (such as the earth) or moon accompanied by a displacement of one side of the fracture with respect to the other usually in a direction parallel to the fracture
Frequent earthquakes have occurred along the San Andreas Fault.

8. lack

9. open to blame responsible
you were really at fault

10. unable to find the scent and continue chase

11. to an excessive degree
precise to a fault

12. to find a fault in
easy to praise this book and to fault it
— H. G. Roepke

13. blame, censure
can't fault them for not coming

14. to produce a geologic fault in

15. to commit a fault err

16. to fracture so as to produce a geologic fault

17. a bad quality or part of someone's character a weakness in character

18. a problem or bad part that prevents something from being perfect a flaw or defect

19. responsibility for a problem, mistake, bad situation, etc.

20. to criticize (something)

21. to blame or criticize (someone)

22. a weakness in character failing
Forgetfulness is my worst fault.

23. responsibility for something wrong
Why should he take the blame when it wasn't his fault?

24. flaw, imperfection
She bought the jacket even though it had a fault.

25. a crack in the earth's crust along which movement occurs

26. responsible for something wrong

27. a usually intentional act forbidden by law also a usually intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law — see also negligence — compare no-fault, strict liability at liability Note: Sometimes when fault is used in legal contexts it includes negligence, sometimes it is considered synonymous with negligence, and sometimes it is distinguished from negligence. Fault and negligence are the usual bases for liability in the law of torts.

28. responsibility for an act or omission that causes damage or injury to another
relative degrees of fault — see also comparative fault

29. liable or responsible based on fault
was not at fault

片语

faulted network故障网络

faulted anticline断裂程度很大的背斜

faulted channel故障通道

faulted structure断裂构造

faulted ground断裂地层

faulted system断层系统

faulted region生长断层区

faulted Reservoir断层油气藏

faulted sequence断陷层序

faulted zone断裂带，断层带

英汉例句

• both the engine pylon design and airline maintenance procedures were faulted by ntsb investigators, and all dc-10s were temporarily grounded.

  ntsb调查者认为飞机的电缆塔设计和飞机保养过程都有缺陷，所有dc-10都暂时停飞。

• they faulted senior managers for not recognizing the signs of workplace strife wrought by bad bosses.

  他们指责高层管理者未及时发现办公室里因坏领导而引起的沖突苗头。

• but hp and its new boss should not be faulted for trying.

  但惠普和它的新老板不应因尝试而受到指责。

• the un mission, which costs $1.4 billion a year, has been widely faulted for—among other things—buckling under pressure in the face of assorted rebels.

  联合国每年耗资14亿美元的维和任务被普遍指责其面对各类叛军时屈服于对方压力。

• the wto faulted eu calculations to determine whether the goods were being dumped at below the domestic cost incurred.

  wto指出，欧盟对中国商品是否按低于国内成本的价格倾销的计算方式不当。

• toyota initially faulted drivers, saying the problem was a result of infrequent oil changes.

  丰田起初将责任推委给驾驶者，认为问题是由不经常更换汽油早成的。

• the shanghai railway official, mr. an, faulted the quality of equipment and personnel, as well as on-site controls, xinhua reported.

  据新华社报道，上海铁路局局长安路生指出设备质量及人员素质，包括现场控制方面的问题。

• in areas where strike-slip faults occur in converging crust, or transpression, rocks are faulted upward in a positive flower structure.

  在一些走滑断层产生于聚敛地壳内或处于转换挤压作用下的地区内，巖石向上断裂成一种正向花状构造。

• on one level, apple can't be faulted for its transparency on this score.

  同样地，苹果不可能因为它在评分上的透明被指责。

• this approach has been faulted for taking much more time to produce results.

  但该方法也存在缺陷，因为它需要花太多时间才能产生结果。

• friedman (and coauthor anna schwartz) famously faulted the federal reserve for not printing enough new money in the early 1930s to offset the decline fueled by bank runs.

  弗里德曼以及其合作者安娜·施瓦茨最着名的失误就是在二十世纪三是年代要求美联储不要印刷足够的新货币已抵消掉银行运行不足的影响。

• two previous inspector general reports also faulted the bureau for significant backlogs in reviewing information in other languages.

  此前的两份检察长报告曾同样指责调查局不及时审查外语资料，导致大量积压。

• fault plane divides faulted rock into two blocks. the block above the fault plane is called hanging wall; the block below the fault plane is named footwall .

  断层面将发生断层的巖石分隔成两个巖块，我们将位于断层面之上的巖块叫做上盘，而将位于断层面之下的巖块称为下盘。

• the faults is common geologic structural phenomenon in faulted basin, therefore, studying the rule of faults is of great importance.

  断裂是断陷盆地的一种普遍地质构造现象，因此，研究断裂的规律性十分重要。

相似词

demerit缺点，短处；过失

dereliction玩忽职守；抛弃物；遗弃

failing（尤指性格上的）弱点

foible弱点；小缺点；癖好

frailty虚弱；弱点；意志薄弱

shortcoming缺点；短处

sin罪恶；罪孽；过失

vice副的；代替的

want需要；缺少

weakness弱点；软弱；嗜好

相反词

merit值得

virtue(Virtue)人名；(英)弗丘